Railway-tie and rail-fastening.



PATBNTED SEPT. s, 1908.

W. P. DAY. RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENING APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 4, 1907.

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W. P. DAY. RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1907.

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WILLIAM P. DAY, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filed. November 4:, 1907. Serial No. 400,617.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM P. iDAY, citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties and Rail- Fastenings, of which the following is a'specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in metallic ties and rail fastenings, and the invention has for its object an im roved construction of metallic tiewhi'ch Wil embody the combined characto in the following teristics of strength and lightness, and improved rail fastenings that may be easily applied to the rails and secured to the ties and that will hold the rails securely against spreading or any sidewise movement, without the. use of bolts or the like between the rails and fish plates.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the .invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then-point out the novel features in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which; i A

Figure 1 is a perspective view of ties and rail fastenings embodying the rinciples of my invention; Fig, 2 is a detail perspective viewof the joint chair employed; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the two parts or sections of the chair that is used along the intermediate points of the rails; Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the rail fastenin Fig.

5 is a perspective view of the tie. Fig. 6 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 4; and,

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view through the fastening. I

Corresponding and like parts are referred descriptlon and indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the same reference characters.

My improved tie, which may be made of steel, cast or otherwise formed, or of any suitable metal, as desired, comprises a base 1 and a longitudinally extending web'2 projecting upwardly from the base and preferably integral therewith. Near each end the longitudinal web 2 is formed in its upper edge with a socket 3 which in'the present instance is rectilinear" as shown, and underneath each ,socket the web is cut out or recessed as indicated at 4, the base 1 being formed with openings 1 a in registry with the said recesses. In addition to the longitudinal web 2, the

tie embodies transverse webs 5 and 6 arranged in two pairs and joining the longitudinal web and the base 1 together upon opposite faces of the former and upon opposite sides of the sockets 3.

. 7 designates the rails. I

My 'im roved chairs that are intended to be used a ong the intermediate portion of the rails embody fish plates 8- and depending wings 9 that are integrally or otherwise secured to the res ective fish plates. The wings 9 areformed in mating sections each of which is provided with a laterally thickened portion 10 at its upper end, such thickened portions producing downwardly facing shoulders 11. Each section is also formed at its outer side with a lug 12.

The thickened portions of, the wings 9 of one fastening or pair of fish plates face in opposite directions as shown and the fishplates are applied on opposite sides of the rail, the wings 9 abutting against opposite sides of the longitudinal web 2 of the tie, the inner edge of one wing preferably contacting with the innermost transverse web 5, and the outer edge of the other wing abutting against the outer transverse web 6. The shoulders 11 interlocking connection between the respective wings of the pair of fish plates and support the fish plates against any downward pressure, while bolts or similar fastening devices ass through fromone-Wing to the other and t rough the interposed web 2, in order to securely hold all of the parts together.

As best seen in Fig. 4, the rails 7 rest directly upon preferably wooden blocks 13 interposed between the base of the rail and the .upper edges of the complemental wings 9. The fish plates 8 are so formed that they are rest within the socket 3and thereby form an spaced slightly from the rail, and each fish plate is formed with an orifice or gate 14 through which Babbitt or other molten metal is intended to be poured in order to securely bind the fish plates and the rail together to secure a firm joint, without the use of bolts or similar accessories. Preferably, each fish plate is formed with a series of vents 1 5, said vents extending transversely as shown and opening outwardly at the upper edge of the fish plate.

At the joints of the rails, I employ a chair of the form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,

" wherein it will be seen that the fish plates 8 are integrally nected at their ends to the integral depending wmgs' 9, instead of sectional wingslike those illustrated in Fig. 3. The wings 9 areformed at their upper ends with thickened ortions 10 producing downwardly facing s oulders 11 that rest in sockets 3, the Wings 9 being bolted to the longitudinal web 2 of two adj acent ties, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. The fish plates 8 are also formed with shoulders 12 that, like the lugs 12 are designed to rest holding means being capable ofwithstanding the severe strains that are imposed upon the rails in present day traffic; The rails are held at such anelevation above the road bed as to be unaifected by snow to a reasonable extent, theuse of the Wooden blocks 13 tends to de'aden the sound of the carwheels, as will also the recesses 4 and openings. 1 in the.

ties, and the peculiar arrangement and construction of parts ofthe rail chairs effect a permanent and effective union between the rails and ties that is durable and not likely to get out of order or require any attention Ifdesired, the lower face of the base portions 1 of the ties may be ribbed, serrated, or otherwise roughened as indicated at 16, in order to obtain a stable foundation in thetballast and to prevent the tie from creeping.

or otherwise permanently con-' mg wlth sai' adapted to Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1'. A metallic railway tie, comprising a base portion and a lo'n tudinally' extending web projecting upwardI nection with means for holding rails to the tie, the web being formed with recesses underneath the rail holding means, and the base portion bein formed with openings registerrecesses.

2. In a rail tie and fastener, the combination of a tie provided with a longitudinal web, said web being formed in its up er edge with sockets, chairs embodying fis plates and wings, the latter being designed to abut against opposite sides of the web and formed with oppositely facing thickened portions producing downwardly facing shoulders restmg 111 said sockets, and means for securing the wings to the web.

3. In a rail tie and fastener, the combination of a tie provided with a longitudinal web and inner and outer verticall extending transverse webs, the longitudinal web being formed in its upper edge with sockets, chairs embodying fish plates and depending wings be bolted to the longitudinal web on opposite sides of the same and between the transverse Webs, each chair being formed with a downwardly facing shoulder resting in the'socket and with a lu resting on the upper edge of the longitudina web. i

4. In a rail tie and fastener, the combination of a tie provided in its upper edge with sockets, chairs adapted to be secured to the tie and formed with downwardl facing y therefrom, in conshoulders resting in said sockets, rai s, blocks interposed between the rails and the chairs,

and means for securing the rails to the chairs. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM P. DAY. In. 3.1 Witnesses: I

FREDERICK S. S'rrr'r, W. N. WOODSON. 

